My other problem with this book is the opening chapter and the consistent pattern of highly repetitive, redundant, run-on sentences and fragments it has. If Jericho is secretly Jack, don't you think Jack should have been -mentioned in the first place- before Jericho shows up on the scene? Without an earlier cameo, Arianna's reaction to his assumed betrayal is totally meaningless to the reader, because we have had no opportunity to get to know his character and how it matters to Arianna. The characters are flat and undynamic, and random details and characters keep popping up out of the woodwork without any earlier mention or foreshadowing. She talks a lot for somebody with a broken rib, and she falls in love (in the same scene!) with the man who not three minutes earlier threatened to have her best friend tortured and killed, out of jealousy.

If the character is strong and defiant, then -have her demonstrate those traits, instead of talking about them. The protagonist, Arianna, is stated by the author and other characters to be proud and defiant, and yet she -regularly- gets stared down and cornered by other characters, and she generally proves to be spineless.

These issues come secondary, however, to the issues I have with the story itself. Wary and weary are regularly mixed up, apostrophes are used to pluralize, commas are omitted and added in exactly the wrong places, and a plethora of words are used incorrectly. Torn between her loyalties to the rebellion, and her growing love for her greatest enemy, Aria struggles to decide between everything she has ever known, and a love she never dreamed of finding.Ĭonsidering I got this book free on my Kindle, maybe I don't have room to complain too much, but I feel the author could strongly benefit from a better copy-editor and more beta readers. Especially once she learns his true identity as a prince within the royal family the same royal family that started the war that ultimately brought down humankind, reducing them to nothing more than servants and slaves.Īria is determined to hate the prince, determined not to give into him in anyway, but his strange kindness, and surprising gentleness astonish her. He delays her execution, but Aria knows it’s only a matter of time before he drains her, and destroys her. Though hoping for death, Aria’s world is turned upside down when a vampire named Braith steps forward to claim her. She has already been branded a member of the rebellion, but the vampires do not know the true depth of her involvement with it, and they must never know. No matter what becomes of her though, Aria knows that she must keep her identity hidden from the monsters imprisoning her. Alternative cover edition can be found here.Ĭaptured, taken from her beloved family and woods, Aria’s biggest fear is not the imminent death facing her, but that she will be chosen as a blood slave for a member of the ruling vampire race.

Captured by Erica Stevens